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On This Day (August 17th) Multiple Choice
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1.
309/310 – Pope Eusebius is banished by the Emperor Maxentius to which island ?
Sardinia
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Lampedusa
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Pantelleria
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Sicily
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2.
1549 – The Prayer Book Rebellion is quashed in which country ?
England
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Ireland
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Wales
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Scotland
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3.
1560 – The Catholic Church is overthrown and Protestantism is established as the national religion in which country ?
England
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Scotland
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Ireland
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Wales
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4.
1597 – Islands Voyage: Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, and Sir Walter Raleigh set sail on an expedition to which island group ?
Bahamas
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Cayman Islands
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Azores
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Canary Islands
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5.
1740 – Pope Benedict XIV, previously known as Prospero Lambertini, succeeds Clement XII as which Pope ?
300th
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281st
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198th
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247th
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6.
1807 – Robert Fulton's "North River Steamboat" leaves which city, inaugurating the first commercial steamboat service in the world ?
New York
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Boston
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Cleveland
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Baltimore
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7.
1883 – The first public performance of "Himno Nacional". It is which country's national anthem ?
Honduras
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Dominican Republic
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Portugal
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Morocco
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1896 – Bridget Driscoll became the first recorded case of a person killed by what means in the United Kingdom ?
Serial killer victim
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Electrocution
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Collision with a motor vehicle
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Falling from a moving train
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1915 – A Category 4 hurricane hits which city with winds at 135 miles per hour ?
Galvaston, Texas
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New Orleans, Louisiana
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Savannah, Georgia
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Wilmington, North Carolina
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10.
1945 – Which of George Orwell's novels is first published ?
Nineteen Eighty-Four
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The Road to Wigan Pier
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Keep the Aspidistra Flying
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Animal Farm
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1953 – Addiction: First meeting of which "Anonymous" group takes place, in Southern California ?
Alcoholics Anonymous
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Gamblers Anonymous
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Narcotics Anonymous
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Workaholics Anonymous
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12.
1959 – Quake Lake is formed by a magnitude 7.5 earthquake near Hebgen Lake in which US state ?
North Dakota
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Montana
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South Dakota
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Washington
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13.
1970 – Venera 7 launched. It will later become the first spacecraft to successfully transmit data from the surface of another planet. Which planet ?
Venus
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Mars
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Mercury
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Uranus
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14.
1978 – Double Eagle II becomes first balloon to cross the Atlantic Ocean when it lands in Miserey, France near Paris, 137 hours after leaving which part of North America ?
Nova Scotia
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New Jersey
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Maine
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St. Pierre and Miquelon
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15.
2005 – Over 500 bombs are set off by terrorists at 300 locations in 63 out of the 64 districts of which country ?
Sri Lanka
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Cambodia
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Venezuela
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Bangladesh
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